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plum•met
Pronunciation: (plum'it), [key]—
n.
1. Also called
plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
2. something that weighs down or depresses.
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v.i.
to plunge.
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